Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded

But once unification is achieved and they become the new rulers, what they will have to face next is rebellion and power struggles everywhere.

Even in the Evolution era, when an individual’s might can rival that of a God and approach omnipotence, they still need the continuous "support" of the forces under their command to maintain their own peak state.

And stability naturally becomes the primary objective.

So during that stretch of years, opposition forces like the Fiery Sun Divine Sect emerged one after another, leaving the Holy See utterly beleaguered.

Unfortunately, one has to find the later editions of the Holy Spring Scripture to fully understand the early history of that developmental period.

Fortunately, on the final leaf of this first edition of the Holy Spring Scripture, there are some major events personally recorded by Lord Bishop.

For example, in the first thousand years alone, two uprisings broke out, mainly because among the original eight sages, two colluded with other first-rate powers.

They caused chaos in the border regions, wreaking havoc on one side; in the end, even the Master of the Holy Spring had to personally step onto the field to finally bring these calamities to an end.

In the several thousand years that followed, almost every few hundred years, there would be a city-level disaster or disturbance.

For instance, in the fourth millennium, Yang Nie erupted within the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area, leaving behind many sunstones in the Safe Zone, which later caused serious harm when the massive caravans of Settlements passed through.

There was even a Holy City that directly lost more than half of its population.

The Late-stage Tier Three Archbishop stationed there also sacrificed his life to suppress the Yang Nie, his soul returning to the Divine Kingdom.

But none of this was what Lin Feng cared about.

What was truly related to him was actually the succession of the Agent at the end of the fourth millennium.

The Death Agent inherited part of the Power of Origin of the strongest Tier Three King of the Old Earth Era, the Gun King, and possessed an extremely powerful destructive capability.

And the Origin within its body was precisely the evolutionary resources Lin Feng needed.

Although the true superpower Lin Feng awakened was the Power of Branding.

With the system on his side, he could in fact consume Life Value to activate all the Superpower Genes in his body, thereby achieving an all-round upgrade.

And when facing the encirclement and suppression of top first-rate forces in the future, the best way to respond was to grasp absolute destructive power.

If he could obtain strength comparable to a Tier Three King before advancing to Tier Three, then breaking through would naturally be effortless.

Lin Feng had originally planned to take advantage of the cataclysm stirred up by Zong Shiyue, and the assistance of the Divine Dog, to fish in troubled waters and complete his metamorphosis.

Now, after learning of the existence of the Death Agent, he had an even more secure plan.

That was to use the Power of Origin of the Tier Three Gun King to carry out a Tier Jump transformation and upgrade on his two Marked Weapons, obtaining Big Killers rated as Tier Three while still in the Second Stage.

Thus he could truly gain a foothold in the Wasteland Desert.

As for the origins of the Death Agent, once the energy source that had powered the base, and now the core of the Power Furnace of the Land Battleship, it was also the foundation for Lin Feng to forge his Royal City.

Only by obtaining this controllable nuclear fusion technology could he provide a constant driving force for a steel Giant Beast weighing tens of thousands of tons.

It was also one of the basic conditions for traveling into space in the future and resolving the Three Days in the Sky.

Lin Feng wasn’t very interested in what had happened back then; he only wanted to know the whereabouts of the Death Agent—whether it was shoved back into the Power Furnace and sealed again by the later-rising Undying Saint, or whether it escaped, or was exiled somewhere...

As long as he could find the other party’s traces, he could obtain the Gun King’s Origin he needed.

Unfortunately, Bishop Zhang Hui’s understanding of this matter was not detailed; he merely roughly recorded the Undying Saint’s seizure of power together with other high-ranking members of the Holy See.

As for the whereabouts of the Death Agent, he never mentioned it again.

In fact, even in the eyes of the Primordial Sect, who steadfastly followed the Master of the Holy Spring, the Death Agent’s identity as caretaker was unqualified.

Because he had not received the Lord’s baptism and grace, he was not a loyal believer walking the Path of the Holy Spring.

He was more like a weapon without self.

If, back then, they had kept him neutral, forming a three-way balance among him, the Undying Saint, and the Primordial Sect, things might actually have been more long-lasting and stable.

It was just that the former had too weak a mental fortitude, did not understand how to win over and restrain others, and was also far too inexperienced; in the end, he fell into the trap set by the high-ranking members of the Holy See.

Members of the Primordial Sect also fanned the flames during this process to see the matter done.

Faced with the collective opposition of the Holy See’s upper echelon, even if the Death Agent had the Lord’s Oracle, once the Master of the Holy Spring fell into slumber, he could only resign himself to fate.

After all, even with his strength enhanced, he was only at Late Tier Three; he could sit in charge of a Holy City, but wanting to become the sole decision-maker of the Holy See was still far from enough.

Unless he, like the current Undying Saint, had half a foot stepped into the Divine Domain, he could not command all the heroes of the world and become a true Agent of God.

After finishing the first edition of the Holy Spring Scripture in his hands, Lin Feng pushed it back into the cabinet and locked it, then walked over to the window.

He gazed out at the vast Wilderness beyond.

At this time, the convoy had already advanced one hundred kilometers, taking only five hours.

The average speed had reached twenty kilometers per hour.

That was more than twenty times that of Oasis Town in the past.

This was even with the speed restricted by the Gobi Wasteland and treacherous terrain; if they returned to the flat Oasis Avenue, their speed could increase another fold, reaching forty to fifty kilometers per hour.

In just half a day, within twelve hours, they could advance six hundred kilometers.

Even if they rested for half a day before setting out again, they could reach the Storm Holy City ahead in five to six days.

However, Lin Feng was in no hurry on this trip; after all, besides the reporting mission entrusted by Father Su An, he still had another more important task to complete.

That was to "release" the dangerous Time Bombs the convoy carried into the Wilderness, allowing Zong Shiyue to rely on the Refugees to return to the surface and carry out his revenge plan.

Therefore, during the day’s march, Lin Feng also had to pay attention to avoiding the support forces of the Holy City Diocese, so as not to let them discover anything unusual within the convoy.

And at this moment, on the left side of the convoy’s direction of travel, about one hundred kilometers away from the group, lay the Holy Land of the Holy Spring Scripture, the place where the Master of the Holy Spring slumbered...

The area known as the Zhuma Divine Hall.

Within it not only existed a true God Above Tier Three, but also a multitude of Divine Servants serving the Master of the Holy Spring.

The strongest guarding force among them was the legendary Temple Knight, an exclusive force of the Zhuma Divine Hall.

Compared to the Holy Temple Knight Order, the strength of the Temple Knights truly rivaled Tier Three existences; within the range covered by Divine Power, they could even easily kill ordinary Tier Three Kings.

Only with such strength could they resist the Scorching Sun Curse and the invasion of Yang Nie within the Restricted Area of the Scorching Sun, while also ensuring the safety of the Divine Hall.

At first, Lin Feng had wanted to catch a glimpse of the Divine Hall’s magnificence, but later, after encountering the fallen Evil God Zong Shiyue...

He abandoned that idea.

After all, if he wasn’t careful and drew down Divine Punishment, even if the Master of the Holy Spring did not act, the Temple Knights alone could easily wipe out Lin Feng and his group.

Still, this trip had yielded a great harvest; even if he couldn’t pay homage to the Master of the Holy Spring from afar, he had no regrets.

The only pity was that Bishop Zhang Hui, who truly exhausted himself in service to the Church, never lived to see Oasis Town enter the Divine Hall, and in the end died at the feet of the Lord...

Just as Lin Feng was feeling quite emotional inside...

All of a sudden, he felt a strange gaze fall upon him from behind.

It immediately made the back of his neck go cold, and all the hairs on his body stand on end.

But Lin Feng did not turn around,

because he knew very well that this gaze was not a physical look cast in reality, but a kind of overlooking from the level of Spiritual Energy.

Like a lofty King bowing his head to survey his realm and subjects.

He himself, in the other party’s eyes, was merely a slightly special ant among thousands.

Lin Feng held his breath.

From the Energy Wave of this gaze, he sensed that the frequency of its Attributes was the same as that of the High-tier Holy Spring Water he had come into contact with.

This was a power coming from the Zhuma Divine Hall, probing the human Settlements passing by.

Ordinary Evolvers, even Tier Two Evolvers, would find it hard to sense this presence.

For example, Ding Yi, who had just advanced to Level 2, and Chen Shanshan, who had become a Level 23 Evolver, showed no sign of any abnormality.

Only Lin Feng felt something in his heart.

And the greatest difference between him and the two women was clearly the extra abilities brought by his Perfect Body, with all three Attributes having reached their Upper Limit.

This gave him a perception of the subtle Energy Waves around him that far surpassed his own Evolution Level.

But Lin Feng did not show any abnormal reaction.

Instead, he forcefully pressed down the astonishment in his heart.

Only when this gaze of Energy slowly faded away...

Did he finally let out a long breath and fall back onto his seat.

But before Lin Feng could fully recover, a familiar quavering voice suddenly sounded by his ear.

He only heard Zong Shiyue curse in a low voice:

"Damn it, there’s a mole in the team!"